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[ אֹבֶן S 70 TWOT 9a GK 78 ] n. [ m. ] wheel, disc. Du . הָאָבְנָיִם 1. potter’s wheel Je 18:3 (two discs revolving one above the other; name from likeness to mill-stones; v. AW 18). 2. עַל־הָא׳ Ex 1:16 prob. = sella parturientis , = δίφροι λοχειαῖοι bearing-stool, midwife’s stool (from likeness to potter’s wheel; on

custom of labor upon stool v. Ploss Das Weib, 2nd ed. ii, 35, 179 etc. & Cesnola Coll. from Cyprus, Metrop. Mus., N. York, No. 614, terra cotta fig. from 4th or 5th cent. B . C .; Descriptive Atlas of Cesn. Coll. I, pl. lxvi. No. 435; cf. W. H. W[ard] PESoc 2nd Statement 1873,
p. 76
). Spiegelberg ZA xiv (1900), 269 ff.; Randglossen 19 ff. expl. as the two stones [read אַבְנַיִם ], i.e. bearing-stool of ‘stones’ = bricks, tiles.

אבנה Kt 2 K 5:12 v. II . אֲמָנָה .

אַבְנֵט S 73 TWOT 256a GK 77 v. בנט .

אַבְנֵר S 74 GK 79 v. אֲבִינֵר sub II. אָבָה .

•[אָבַס S 75 TWOT 10 GK 80 ] vb. feed, fatten (Mish. id. ;? Assyrian [ abâsu ] Dl W

46) Qal Pt. pass. fattened , אָבוּס of ox Pr 15:17 ; אֲבוּסִים of fowl 1 K 5:3 .

אֵבוּס S 18 TWOT 10a GK 17 n.m. Pr 14:4 crib ( = feeding-trough , on form v. Ges § 84 a 12. R. ) of ass Is 1:3 ( cstr. ); oxen Pr 14:4 ( abs. ); אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוֶּסךָ Jb 39:9 (of wild-ox).

[ מַאֲבוּס S 3965 TWOT 10b GK 4393 ] n. [ m. ] granary ( = place of fodder; ? Assyrian bît abûsâti Dl W 46) pl. sf. מַאֲבֻסֶיהָ Je 50:2 6.

אֲבַעְבֻּעֹת S 76 TWOT 217a GK 81 v. בוע .

Du B. Duhm. No. number. pass. passive.


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